São Paulo Subway Workers Clash With Police on Strike's Second Day

Labor Unrest Comes Days Before the Brazil City Hosts the Soccer World Cup

By

Rogerio Jelmayer

June 6, 2014 10:30 a.m. ET

SÃO PAULO—Riot police clashed with striking subway workers at a station in Brazil's largest city early Friday morning, sending commuters fleeing for cover, as São Paulo's transportation system was plunged into disarray for the second day running.

At around 6 a.m. local time, police fired tear gas and used batons to break up a group of around 50 striking subway employees who had blocked passengers at the Ana Rosa station from getting...